Do you have significant doubts about God? Are you afraid to doubt, much less admit to anyone that you aren't fully convinced of God's faithfullness? Are you so torn by your questions that life is beginning to lose its meaning? This forthright but compassionate book works to tear away the layers of misunderstanding about doubt to reveal not only its dangers but its great value. As Os Guinness ex…
The Apostles' Creed has united the church throughout her history. The engaging and pastoral style of?Our Creed?presents the creed in a fresh and appealing manner that speaks to our postmodern culture. By unfolding the creed's great scriptural truths and using helpful applications, compelling illustrations, and penetrating study questions, this book is the perfect tool for membership classes, sm…
In this astute mix of cultural critique and biblical studies, John H. Walton presents and defends twenty propositions supporting a literary and theological understanding of Genesis 1 within the context of the ancient Near Eastern world and unpacks its implications for our modern scientific understanding of origins. Ideal for students, professors, pastors and lay readers with an interest in the …
Panentheism has gained popularity among contemporary thinkers. This belief system explains that "all is in God"; as a soul is related to a body, so God is related to the world. In Panentheism--The Other God of the Philosophers, philosopher and theologian John Cooper traces the growth and evolution of this intricate theology from Plotinus to Alfred North Whitehead to the present. This landmar…
“Fireseeds is a book of stories – stories of how God has worked in and through generations past.” The great connection of these stories is how often God started His work of revival on a college campus and it spread like wide fire across the land. This is the vision that author Dan Hayes has for the Christian college students of today – to desire and pray for revival to begin anew in the…
Christian monk and mystic Thomas Hemerken, aka THOMAS À KEMPIS (1380-1471), wrote The Imitation of Christ, the second most important book, after the Bible, in Christian philosophy. But he also penned numerous other works of devotion, including this previously hard-to-find collection of contemplations for sincere, dedicated believers. Discover, in this 1904 translation. . the severe judgment of…
How did Charles Darwin come to believe in evolution? Did his daughter's death turn him from Christianity? What is natural selection? Did humans really evolve from ape-like creatures? Has evolution been proven true? Couldn't God have used evolution? These and other questions are answered in this Pocket Guide to Charles Darwin. Looking at the course of his life, Darwin was influenced by many p…
Is the earth billions of years old or just thousands? Are radiometric methods of dating rocks and fossils reliable? What evidences support a young age for the earth? Where did the idea of "millions of years" come from? How old is the earth? Most secular scientists believe the earth to be billions of years old. They most often use radiometric dating methods to support this assertion. But, do the…
Did the universe start with a big bang? Does distant starlight prove the universe is old? What are black holes and how do they form? Can we see stars forming? Are ETs and UFOs real? Secular astronomers teach that the universe began to form more than 12 billion years ago by chance, through what has become known as the "big bang." However, there is strong evidence that points to a young age for t…
What is the truth about global warming? Are the ice caps melting? Is man the chief cause of climate change? How does solar activity affect the earth's climate? What should Christians do about global warming? These and other questions are answered in this Pocket Guide to Global Warming. Presenting a balanced approach to climate change, experts in climatology and atmospheric science show why m…